Blockchain

With less than 10 hours until the Bitcoin halving, price of BTC dropped by nearly 20%. Selling pressure seems to come from whales, as open interest surged on BitMEX before the big fall. Whales are seemingly taking advantage of retail investors around the halving narrative. In less than 10 hours, the highly anticipated Bitcoin halving will be activated. But, whales seem to be taking the opportunity to dump on the market. Since Friday, bitcoin price dropped by more than...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 878. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: CME könnte bald Ethereum Futures veröffentlichen, Coinbase Ausfall während Bitcoin Crash & 1 Million aktive Bitcoin Wallets. 1.) CME könnte bald Ethereum Futures veröffentlichenhttps://coincierge.de/2020/cme-koennte-bald-ethereum-futures-veroeffentlichen/ 2.) Coinbase Kunden verärgert: Ausfall während des Bitcoin...

Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain has announced the purchase of more than 1,000 additional mining machines in the face of bitcoin’s latest halving event, set to occur on Tuesday of next week.Riot Blockchain Is Boosting Its EffortsThe company put out a statement explaining that it has bought 1,040 next-generating Bitmain S19 (95 TH) Antminers. Overall, the company spent just shy of $2 million on the machines. The company says it will use these machines to up the ante on its mining...

MyEtherWallet is among the most popular and veteran wallets for storing ETH and ERC-20 tokens, which are Ethereum blockchain-based. Besides the well-known web wallet, MyEther had recently launched a mobile app, available for both Android and iOS devices.MyEtherWallet or MEW Wallet app allows users to buy and send cryptocurrencies quickly and on-the-go. Users can get the app on the Apple AppStore, Google Play, or Samsung’s Galaxy Store, create their wallet, and buy Ethereum (ETH) using the new...

Ripple boss Brad Garlinghouse announced plans to take the company public ‘in 12 months’ at Davos 2020. With XRP prices dropping by around 46% last year, will Ripple IPO boost it’s token’s price this year?Since 2012, Ripple along with its native crypto token XRP has gathered significant prominence in the blockchain and the cryptocurrency space. So much so that currently XRP is the 3rd largest digital asset in the world while Ripple has plans for an IPO.The company has primarily been privately...

With approximately three days before the 2020 Bitcoin halving, BTC price is hovering around $10k with the bulls easily flexing their muscles against the bears.With approximately 79-hours for the function ‘GetBlockSubsidy’ on the Bitcoin blockchain code to execute the halving to 6.25 coin reward, the BTC price has reached the $10,000 level but has gone down a little bit. Only 3 days are left before the long-awaited Bitcoin halving 2020.It’s Friday, and the fun is expected to continue over the...

An 18-year old boy is accused of stealing $24 million in cryptocurrencies. An advisor in blockchain companies claims that the teenager along with his crew hacked his phone to conduct the theft.A Cybercrime RaidLast Thursday in New York, Michael Terpin, founder and chief executive officer of Transform Group (a San Juan, Puerto Rico-based blockchain company) sued now 18-years old Ellis Pinsky for a cyber heist. Per the accusations, Pinsky and his team of hackers targetted him in 2018 (when...

The TON blockchain marked its independence day on May 7, after a group of developers hardforked the code initially meant to be used exclusively by Telegram.As Telegram remains embroiled in a legal saga with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an independent group of validators and developers elected to bypass the regulatory furor by launching the open-source Free TON.TON’s Declaration of DecentralizationTaking advantage of a loophole that may be the first of its kind,...

Virus software mogul John McAfee thinks he’s figured out who Satoshi Nakamoto is, but he’s not telling a soul.McAfee: I Know Who Built BTCSatoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym given to the person who allegedly designed bitcoin and wrote its whitepaper back in 2008. The currency came about during the time of the Great Recession and was designed to alleviate some of the heavy economic strife the world was seeing at the time. Bitcoin would potentially put financial power back in the hands of the...

Ripple ist das erste Blockchain-Unternehmen, das dem ISO 20022-Gremium angehört. RippleNet gab auf seiner Webseite die Mitgliedschaft im ISO 20022-Gremium bekannt. Mittlerweile nutzen hunderte von Firmen RippleNet als Zahlungsnetzwerk. Wobei XRP, Ripples Kryptowährung, nur beschränkt eingesetzt wird. Vielmehr ist RippeNet eine Netzwerk für Zahlungen in verschiedenen Währungen....